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Chapter 196 Fighting Grant Hill Part [-]
With Liu Han's strong comeback, the Lakers have once again become the favorites for the championship.The powerful offensive firepower displayed by the Lakers in the top eight teams in the East is amazing.

After two back-to-back away games, the Lakers continued their road trip. After a day off, the Lakers came to Detroit. They will challenge the Detroit Pistons on April [-].

The Pistons, which changed their head coach this season, are not as strong as last season. In the middle of the season, the Pistons fired their head coach Doug Collins, who led the Pistons to 54 wins and 28 losses last season. Collins only won 45 wins in 21 games coached this season. Although this result is not too bad, it is clear that this result cannot satisfy the management of the Pistons, so Doug Collins was fired. Assistant coach Alvin Gentry served as interim head coach.

Alvin Gentry studied under Larry Brown, and the current Spurs coach Popovich was Larry Brown's assistant coach in 89.This is his second time coaching an NBA team. The first time he coached was as the interim head coach of the Miami Heat in the 94-95 season.

Grant Hill has been hailed as Jordan's successor since he entered the league. During the period when Jordan retired for the first time, Grant Hill was the target of the league. He averaged 19.9 points and 6.4 points per game in his rookie season. The amazing data of rebounds and 5 assists, he is similar to Jordan in terms of physical fitness and playing style.After Jordan came back, the league also tried to train Hill to become a superstar in order to contain Jordan in the East, but what people did not expect was that Jordan, who had been retired for almost 72 months, quickly recovered his form after his comeback and led the Bulls. The team played a shocking and direct record of [-] wins. For a while, Grant Hill fell into an embarrassing situation.

The Pistons' record so far this season is 34 wins and 41 losses, and there is still a slight chance of reaching the top eight in the Eastern Conference.The game against the Lakers will certainly be very difficult, but the Pistons will not dare to let go of any chance.

The Lakers are still in their original starting lineup for this game. George Crent still attaches great importance to Grant Hill's defense, but Ray Allen has done a good job in defense recently, so you can choose to believe it.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal won the pick with Pistons center Bisendler.

The Lakers attacked first, the Pistons retreated quickly, and the Lakers didn't get a chance to play a fast break.

Nash slowly dribbled the ball across the half court and hoisted the ball to O'Neal inside. O'Neal is much stronger than Sendler in terms of tonnage and height. There is no reason for the Lakers not to make good use of this.

After receiving the ball, O'Neal turned around and left Bisendler behind, then dunked and scored two points.

The Pistons served from the bottom line, and point guard Lynch Hunter dribbled the ball across half court and handed the ball to veteran Joe Dumars.Joe Dumars is 35 years old this year. He has experienced the most glorious period of the Pistons. At that time, even Jordan was suppressed by the bad boys of the Pistons. This team is completely different, but Joe Dumars has only one belief, which is to play every game well.

Joe Dumars faced Liu Han's defense after taking the ball. He didn't dare to try to break through Liu Han easily, so he had to hand the ball to Grant Hill.

After Hill got the ball, he leaned against Ray Allen with his back, and then suddenly turned around and passed the unprepared Ray Allen and went inside. Facing O'Neal's supplementary defense, Hill made a light throw and scored the ball.

Facing the seasoned Grant Hill, Ray Allen is still inexperienced.

The Pistons played very proactively at the beginning of this game, and they were not intimidated by the strength of the Lakers.

The Lakers' offense is still based on O'Neal's inside offense. Liu Han brought Grant Hill, who came here to defend himself, to the weak side to wait for an opportunity.

O'Neal once again stormed the inside and scored and also allowed Bisendler to get a foul.After O'Neal lost weight, not only did his strength not decline, but his inside strength became even better.

The Lakers' two consecutive offenses were dominated by O'Neal. Liu Han was just like a role player waiting for an opportunity on the weak side, which made some of the Pistons' pre-game arrangements useless.In this game, the Pistons specially let Grant Hill, who has the strongest perimeter defense, defend Liu Han.

The next attack of the Pistons failed. Joe Dumars' shot was interfered by Liu Han, and O'Neal snatched the ball after it bounced out of the frame.

Nash seized the opportunity and made a quick move. O'Neal made a pass to find Nash who was running in the front, followed by Liu Han and Ray Allen.

After Nash ran into the Pistons' three-point line, there was Lynch Hunter's defense around him, but Nash didn't force it, but a clever crotch hit and passed the ball to Ray Allen behind him.

After receiving the ball, Ray Allen flew up and dunked directly to score two points. He was able to breathe a sigh of relief for his mistake in defending Grant Hill just now.

The most commendable thing about the Lakers this season is their fast break, which is as sharp as mercury. Often the opponent's defender is still in the frontcourt, but the Lakers' offense is over.

Grant Hill felt a little helpless in his heart. Even if he defended Liu Han to death, it seems that the Lakers can win now, not to mention is Liu Han really so easy to be defended to death?

The Pistons continued to attack. They said that it was really difficult to play. Bisendler inside was no match for O'Neal. Although the mid-range shot was good, the super fast rotation speed of the Lakers would not give Bisendler a chance to shoot. Only the veteran Joe Dumars has a certain shooting ability. Others, including Grant Hill, are all three-pointers, especially Grant Hill. In the first two seasons of his first two seasons in the league, his three-pointer percentage was less than [-]%. become.

Insufficient shooting ability can only attack the inside, but the Lakers are mainly young players, and they work very hard to defend against breakthroughs, so only Grant Hill has a certain advantage.

Grant Hill relied on his physical advantage to continuously break through Ray Allen, which made Ray Allen very depressed.

The Lakers have always played O'Neal. Liu Han only cruises outside. The Pistons are very depressed about being tricked. Let's double-team O'Neal. The Lakers have strong firepower outside. Don't double-team. O'Neal's singles are easier than Sendler. Have a meal.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers led the Pistons by 8 points 24-17.

George Krent saw that Ray Allen was struggling to defend Hill, so he replaced Ray Allen and Nash with Brent Barry and Michael Finley. Liu Han controlled the ball and controlled the rhythm, and Brent Barry defended Grant. Hill and Finley were in charge of assaulting the inside. The Lakers changed their style of play mainly on the inside and began to play the Eagles offense.

With the change of the Lakers lineup, the Pistons gradually felt more and more difficult. The Lakers' outside line put a lot of pressure on the Pistons. In addition, O'Neal was in a hot state today. He made six free throws in the first 8 minutes of the first quarter. Playing harder than Sendler.

Grant Hill gritted his teeth, holding the ball like blowing up a bunker and attacking the Lakers inside again and again. It is undeniable that his playing attitude is really worthy of recognition, but this head-to-head approach is not advisable.

(End of this chapter)